Food Factor Podcast | WFP World Food Programmehttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast
encleanUnited Nations World Food Programme 2010WFPThe Inside Scoop on Food Aid and DevelopmentAn inside look at the latest topics in food aid and development with the experts at the United Nations World Food ProgrammeWFPjustin.smith@wfp.orgwfp, un, food, hunger, aid, development, nutrition, children, povertySchool Meals: An Investment In The Futurehttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/school-meals-as-investment
School-meals experts and policy makers are gathering in Bahia, Brazil this week for the Global Child Nutrition Forum, hosted for the first time by WFP&#39;s Centre of Excellence against Hunger. In this episode, we talked with the centre&#39;s director, Daniel Balaban, to find out what national governments have to learn about the role of school meals in eradicating hunger.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/school-meals-as-investment#commentsTue, 21 May 2013 09:10:53 +0000WFP443236 at http://www.wfp.orgCan We Feed The World?http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/can-we-feed-world
In the latest episode of the Food Factor Podcast, we talked to renowned international development expert Sir Gordon Conway about his new book &quot;One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed The World?&quot; We also talk about the impact of our growing understanding about nutrition on the debate about food security and why small farmers have such an important role to play in building long-term food security.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/can-we-feed-world#commentsFri, 01 Mar 2013 14:52:09 +0000WFP396087 at http://www.wfp.orgResilience: New Wine In Old Bottles?http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/resilience-new-wine-old-bottles
The term resilience has entered the aid lexicon. But is it just &ldquo;new wine in old bottles&rdquo;? Haven&rsquo;t aid agencies already been seeking to build resilience among beneficiaries for decades? &nbsp;To find out, we spoke to David Gressly, who was appointed Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Sahel earlier this year.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/resilience-new-wine-old-bottles#commentsThu, 25 Oct 2012 09:43:56 +0000WFP332737 at http://www.wfp.orgSafety Nets To Catch The World's Hungryhttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/safety-nets-catch-worlds-hungry
There are just under 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a&nbsp;new&nbsp;hunger report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agriculutural Development. The report highlights programmes called &quot;safety nets&quot; as an important means of bringing that number down. In this episode, WFP Chief Economist Lynn Brown discusses some of the main conclusions in the report, such as how safety nets can lift people up by catching them when they fall.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/safety-nets-catch-worlds-hungry#commentsFri, 12 Oct 2012 10:23:40 +0000WFP324129 at http://www.wfp.orgWhat Rising Food Prices Mean For The Fight Against Hungerhttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/what-rising-food-prices-mean-fight-against-hunger
Global food prices have taken a worrying turn as drought in the United States causes grain prices to surge. In the latest episode of the Food Factor Podcast, we spoke with WFP&rsquo;s Deputy Director of Food Security Analysis Arif Husain to find out what the third food-price shock in five years means for the fight against hunger.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/what-rising-food-prices-mean-fight-against-hunger#commentsWed, 22 Aug 2012 11:28:14 +0000WFP290499 at http://www.wfp.orgResponding To Drought And Conflict In Malihttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/drought-conflict-mali
Drought and conflict are a recipe for disaster in a country like Mali where hunger and malnutrition indicators are high even in the best of times. In this episode, we talk with WFP Country Director Nancy Walters who is leading a complex emergency operation to deliver food to people affected by the crisis.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/drought-conflict-mali#commentsThu, 10 May 2012 09:54:03 +0000WFP236644 at http://www.wfp.orgAre Food Markets Drying Up In The Sahel?http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/are-food-markets-drying-sahel
Food prices are on the rise from Chad to Burkina Faso as drought in the Sahel region of Africa takes its toll on local food markets. In the latest episode of the Food Factor Podcast, WFP Market Analyst Jean-Martin Bauer tells us how the situation is evolving and what makes it different from previous crises in the Sahel.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/are-food-markets-drying-sahel#commentsTue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:58 +0000WFP174613 at http://www.wfp.orgEarly Warning Tool Helps Aid Workers Stay On Top Of Emergencieshttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/early-warning-tool-helps-aid-workers-stay-top-emergencies
In the emergency response business, time and information are king. Any tool that give aid workers more time to make decisions and more accurate information to base them will save lives. In this episode, WFP Deputy Chief of Emergency Preparedness and Response Etienne Labande talks about a new software package called the &ldquo;Early Warning Tool&rdquo; which does exactly that.
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http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/early-warning-tool-helps-aid-workers-stay-top-emergencies#commentsWed, 14 Dec 2011 09:47:40 +0000WFP136698 at http://www.wfp.orgWhat Does It Take To Fly In Iraq?http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/what-does-it-take-fly-iraq
In this episode, Philippe Martou, joins us from Baghdad where he is the Head of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Iraq. Martou talks about the challenges involved with setting up and running this operation, and also gives us a glimpse into what it&rsquo;s like to live and work for WFP in Baghdad.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/what-does-it-take-fly-iraq#commentsThu, 24 Nov 2011 12:36:49 +0000WFP123805 at http://www.wfp.orgAn Update From Flood-Hit Cambodiahttp://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/update-flood-hit-cambodia
Jean-Pierre Demargerie, WFP Country Director in Cambodia, discusses the emergency operation to feed some 150,000 people hit by the worst bout of flooding the southeast Asian nation has seen in over a decade. According to Demargerie, reaching people in the flood zone has required some creative solutions, such as a &quot;floating food distribution&quot; carried out entirely on boats.
http://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/podcast/update-flood-hit-cambodia#commentsMon, 07 Nov 2011 15:33:30 +0000WFP112788 at http://www.wfp.org